Dry-swim apparatus



G. A. FISCHER.

DR'Y SWIM APPARATUS.

APPLICATJON FILED APR. 29, 1920.

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UNITED PATENT ()FFICE.

i GUSTAV A. FISCHER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DRY-SWIM APPARATUS.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

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' Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. FISCHER, a citizen of the United States, residingat 1981 IV. 61st Street, in the city of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dry-Swim Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in'which I have contemplated applying thatprinciple, so as to distinguish it from other invention My invention pertains to a dry swim apparatus intended to enable a person to learn the various strokes for'swirnming. The objects of my invention are to permit of the practising of calisthenics of this character with an apparatus simple and economical of manufacture and which may be quickly hung for use almost anywhere. For conjunctive use I provide a body rest intended to be at a certain elevation with respect to specific parts of the apparatus.

Adverting to the drawings Figure I is a front elevation of my entire apparatus showing the manner of its use by a person drawn in dotted lines.

Fig. II is a plan view of the swing spacing piece employed in the device shown in F i I. 1

Fig. III is a left end elevation of the device shown in Fig. I with the body rest removed.

Fig. IV is a right end elevation of the device shown in Fig. I.

Fig. V is a view of the body rest shown in Fig. IV with certain of its parts in an altered position.

Fig. VI is a perspective view of a spacer ring employed in the device shown in Fig. I.

Secured to a suitable support 1, which is to be presumed at a considerable elevation above the floor, are a pair of hooks 2 and 3 around which ropes 4 and 5 are looped respectively. These ropes pass through an oblong ring 6 and diverging downwardly support opposite ends of a comparatively long board 7 by having portions of their lengths occupy suitable slots 8 on opposite sides of the ends of the board. Such slots are clearly shown in Fig. II. Underneath the board 7 each of the rope loops 4 and 5 are knotted as indicated at 4e and 5 respectively, and thereafter the extremities of each of the ropes depend for a considerable distance. The ends 10 and 11 of the rope 4 Application filed April 29, 1920.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921. Serial No. 377,486.

are thus held in spaced relation to the ends 12 and 13' of the rope 5 substantially equal in distance of the length of the board rope 7. About midway of their length the sections 12 and 13 which extend below the board 7 are held apart by being passed through suitable openings in a spacer ring 14 against the under side of which the ends 12 and 13 are knotted at 12 and 13 re spectively. The lower extremities of the ends 10' and 11 carry a pair of pockets or half shoes 15 and 16 open above and adapted to accommodate the toes of both feet spectively' The lower extremities of the ends 12 and :13 carry a pair of hand grips in-the form of rings 17 and 18, and as will beobserved in Fig. I the shoes 15 and 16 and the rings 17 and 18 hang approximately level. I

As will now be understood, the entire swimming apparatus hangs freely and is readily tipped to enable the utmost freedom of movement by a person who is supporting himself as suggested in F I to be permit ting ready execution of the movements required of both arms and legs in performing any of the recognized swimming strokes.

In order to avoid undue fatigue, I have provided a small body rest in the nature of a camp stool which is to be placed midway between the shoes 15 and 16 and rings 17 and 18 so that its top is somewhat lower than the bottoms of the four swings. The construction of the body rest or stool is of no vital importance provided that it is collapsible in order to, enable it to be packed pairs near their lower ends by two braces 20 and two additional duplicate pairs of folding braces 21 and 22 which are linked together at 23 thus enabling one pair of uprights 19 which are connected by the braces 20 to be moved relatively to the other pair of uprights 19 as suggested by the partly folded position of the parts seen in Fig. V. Higher up the pairs of uprights 19 are detachably connected by a brace 25 pivoted at one upright at 24 and having the hook 26 on its other end adapted to engage a pin 27 on another upright 19. Hung between the top of the uprights 19 is a piece of canvas 28 or other suitable flexible material adapted to support the middle section of the front of a person when not exercising so as to sustain himself as shown in Fig. I.

I claim 1. A dry swim apparatus comprising the combination of a rlgid carrier, meansfor flexibly suspending said carrier and four flexible swings attached to said carrier and each adapted for universal movement independently of any other while supporting the hands and feet respectively.

2. A dry swim apparatus comprising two flexible swings each adapted to be grasped by a hand and two flexible swings each carrying a pocket adapted for the insertion of for the insertion of a foot, said grips and shoes normally resting at substantially the same level, a plurality of said swings being flexible to enable suspended movement at any time in any direction.

4. An apparatus of the character: described comprising an elongated rigid support, flexible suspension means for said sup port, two flexible swings hanging from each end of said support, grips upon the free ends of two wings and shoes upon the free ends of two swings.

5. An apparatus of the character, described comprising an 7 elongated support provided near each end with notches, flexible suspension means for said support, two flexible wings hanging from each end of said support, grips uponthe free ends of the two swings at one end, shoes upon the free ends of the two swings at the other end, and rings secured to each pair of swings to hold said grips and shoes apart;

6. Apparatusof the characterdescribed comprising the, combination of a member to be fixed, suspension means detachably connected with said member, a support suspended by said means, and four swings hung in turn from said support.

7. Apparatus of the character described comprising the combination of arpair vof hooks' to be, fixed, two flexible swings detachably connected with said hooks, a rigid I support hung from said swings, and four swings hung in turn from said support.

Signed by me, this 31st-day of Marc 1920. 7 1 I p 7 GUSTAV A. F ISOHER. 

